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News - hypersonic weapon
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Land Warfare
CV90 aims to follow up northern European success by meeting southern demand
16th January 2024
The BAE Systems Hägglunds’ CV90 IFV has been around for decades but continual refreshing to maintain power and relevance, along with a healthy market at home in Sweden and neighbouring countries, has led to more than 1,500 vehicle orders.
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Land Warfare
Pentagon runs out of funds to support Ukraine
11th January 2024
DoD authorities have been urging the US Congress to approve the national security supplemental request to ensure future donations to Kyiv.
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Land Warfare
Estonia receives Piorun MANPADS
8th January 2024
PIORUN, a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) in service in Poland and Ukraine, was introduced in 2019 and has a range of more than 7km.
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Land Warfare
BAE Systems receives $50 million to restart M777 production
5th January 2024
The M777 155mm lightweight howitzer has seen service across five continents and has been heavily used in Ukraine where weapons were donated by Australia, Canada and the US.
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Air Warfare
Raytheon awarded $345 million for StormBreaker missile
5th January 2024
The StormBreaker winged munition autonomously can detect and classify moving targets in poor visibility situations caused by darkness, bad weather, smoke or obscured environmental conditions.
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Land Warfare
Lithuania receives JLTVs and towed mortars, orders optical sights and radars
3rd January 2024
Lithuania has invested heavily in new equipment for air defence and its ground forces including recently signing an agreement with Sweden for short-range air-defence systems, additional NASAMS medium-range air defence systems and additional Saab RBS 70 air defence missiles.
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Land Warfare
Pakistan conducts test launch of Fatah-ll guided rocket system
2nd January 2024
Pakistan’s indigenous Guided Multi-barrel Launched Rocket System Fatah-II could provide the country with a significant leap in its missile capabilities, enabling precision strikes at distances ranging from 250km to 400km.
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Training
How naval training is being transformed by synthetics
27th December 2023
Naval fleets are overcoming many of challenges associated with crafting realistic training activities by embracing the benefits of using synthetic training for maritime operations.
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Digital Battlespace
L3Harris satellite missile detector and tracker passes design reviews
21st December 2023
L3Harris was awarded a US$193.5 million deal in January 2021 to develop satellites for system to provide global indications, warning, tracking and targeting of advanced missile threats including hypersonic missile systems.
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Land Warfare
Hypersonic threats force Pentagon to modernise its missile defence architecture
20th December 2023
The US DoD has been updating policies, enhancing partnerships with allies and acquiring new sensors and systems.
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Land Warfare
Poland signs $782.5 million deal for long-range air defence radars
20th December 2023
Poland has been investing heavily in new defence equipment including billions-of-dollars in air defence systems such as P-18PL, NAREW and Wisła to provide multi-tier coverage, as well as in in C2 systems.
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Defence Notes
US Congress approves FY2024 defence spending bill
18th December 2023
The US House of Representatives and Senate agreed to a $841.4 billion funding to cover DoD activities in the current fiscal year.
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Land Warfare
Ukraine receives further weapon support from NATO members and BAE Systems
18th December 2023
NATO and other western countries have been throwing support behind Ukraine in its war against invading Russian forces, which has continued in the form of further ammunition orders, support for weapons, additional equipment and a new industrial strategy.
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Naval Warfare
How Turkish shipyard ASFAT is engaging in Pakistan’s maritime expansion
15th December 2023
Since delivering the first Babur-class corvette last September, ASFAT has targeted future growth in the Indo-Pacific market by engaging in a new project with Pakistan for future frigates.
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Air Warfare
Germany seals record-breaking contract for up to 82 Airbus H145M helicopters
14th December 2023
The German Armed Forces has signed a contract to procure up to 82 Airbus H145M multi-role helicopters, marking the largest-ever order for this model.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Destroyers
Type 83 Future Air Defence System (FADS) [UK]
Programme Background Requirements The Daring-class (Type 45) consists of six ships, although the original plan was to have 12 destroyers. This was cut to eight in ...
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Destroyers
Future Destroyers - ASEV [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements Following the Maya-class destroyers, the JMSDF will not just maintain the destroyer units they operate already but will receive two new destroyer platforms. ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
MH-60R Seahawk (Saudi Arabia)
The sale is aimed at improving Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems, provide the capability to identify, engage ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H-145M (Serbia)
Serbia's aircraft will be equipped with a fast roping system, high-performance camera, fire support equipment, ballistic protection as well as an electronic countermeasures system. The ...
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Light attack, Trainer
L-39NG Senegal
The aircraft will feature five hard-points, two external fuel tanks with 350 lt capacity, Mk 81 and Mk 82 bombs, guided and unguided rockets, single ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
JLTV (Lithuania - Contracted)
The Lithuanian JLTV order includes several options including ballistic armour kits, Boomerang III acoustic detection systems, M153 Protector II Common Remotely-Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) and ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
JLTV (Slovenia 2nd Batch)
Programme Background Slovenia began its procurement of Oshkosh Defence's JLTV 4x4 armoured vehicle in 2018, although a US government FMS contract was not signed until ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
UNIFIL Condor Replacement (Malaysia)
Programme Background Malaysia has long held an intention to replace the Condor 4x4 armoured vehicles deployed with its UNIFIL contingent. Nine new Guardian APCs were ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
NH90 NFH-Italy
Italian Navy has taken delivery of its first NH90 NFH helicopter in Full Operational Capability (or Step B) configuration in November 2013. The NH90 NFH ...
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Loitering munitions
Hero-30 [Italy]
Programme Background Italian Budget As revealed by the Italian MoD's Multi-Year Defence Programme Document for 2021-2023, a new procurement programme to acquire a loitering munition ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
eLRV
Programme Background Purpose The US Army unveiled a new concept for a more deployable IBCT structure at AUSA in October 2014. Built around three main types ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
JLTV Montenegro
In 2017 the Montenegro Ministry of Defence announced it would allocate EUR110 million over five years to fund new military procurement. These included EUR71 million ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Light Combat Helicopter (India - Air Force)
Programme Background Requirement India's requirement for light attack helicopters capable of operating at high altitudes became apparent during the 1999 Kargil War. Originally planned to reach ...
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Fighter - multirole
Rafale France
Rafale F4 is the latest configuration of the Rafale fighter jet family. New functions will also be developed to improve the aircraft’s capabilities (upgrades to ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Bell 407GX
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency noted that the proposed sale of five Bell 407GX helicopters will help compensate for the combat loss of seven IA407 helicopters ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Data links
P1350
P1350 are airborne-qualified IP data links that can operate at hypersonic speeds. Produced by BERTEN DSP, it provides ruggedised, low-SWaP tactical communications in electronic warfare environments.
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Data links
P4700
The P4700 is an airborne-qualified IP data link produced by BERTEN. Suitable for hypersonic and high-attitude applications, it can be integrated into various platforms, including ...
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Data links
P6000
BERTEN P6000 are defence-grade IP data links that provide a light, compact, robust, and affordable solution for airborne, maritime, and ground communications.
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
MD-22
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) unveiled the near-space hypersonic technology testbed MD-22 at the Zhuhai Airshow in 2022. Capable of speeds of Mach 7, the ...
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Land: air defence radar
55Zh6UE NEBO-UE
The Almaz–Antey 55Zh6UE NEBO-UE is a VHF mobile, long-range, 3D digital phased array air surveillance radar designed to detect medium targets and large targets such as ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
DART AE
The DART AE is a developmental UAV developed by Hypersonix Launch Systems and Kratos. The hypersonic UAV is being designed as a technology demonstrator for ...
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Land: air defence radar
59N6-TE
The 59N6-TE is a 3D mobile radar developed and produced by the JSC Federal Research and Production Centre Nizhniy Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering ...
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Naval guns
Palma CIWS
Palma CIWS (Close-In Weapon System) is a Russian-developed system that can protect vessels against anti-ship missiles, anti-radar missiles, guided aerial bombs, aircraft, helicopters and small high-speed ...
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Land: infantry weapon simulators
Tethered Weapon Simulators
Meggitt Training Systems offers a selection of tethered weapon simulators, built with form, fit and function in mind. Tolerances are within 10% of live weapon ...
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Weapon sights for night use (thermal imaging)
Thermal Weapon Sights
The short, medium and long-range Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS) combine rugged, lightweight and modular construction with TI technology, says the company. Raytheon's TWS is an ...
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Sea: weapon training
Harpoon Weapon Simulator
The Harpoon Weapon Simulator simulates Harpoon Ship Command-Launch Control Set (HSCLCS), AN/SWG-1A(V), in all HSCLCS modes of operation (normal, GDS casualty and HWS casualty modes). ...
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Land: air defence radar
Weapon Locating Radar
LIG Nex1 exhibited two new vehicle-mounted radar system prototypes- the Weapon Locating Radar, alongside the Short-Range Air Defence Radar, at Seoul ADEX 2017. According to ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: fire control systems
Aegis Weapon System
Aegis Weapon System is an integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to perform anti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array ...
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Destroyers
Udaloy I Class (Project 1155)
The Udaloy class destroyers were built in the 1980s for Russia by Zhdanov (now Severnaya Verf) and Yantar shipyards under the Project 1155 programme as specialised anti-submarine ...
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Destroyers
Zumwalt Class
The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class is formed by a series of next-generation multi-role destroyers 21st century. They were designed to host the latest in sensors and weapons ...